J J Monzón and L L Sánchez-Soto 2002 Eur. J. Phys. 23 255 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/23/3/303
J J Monzón and L L Sánchez-Soto
Show affiliationsA simple and intuitive geometrical method to analyse Fresnel formulae is presented. It applies to transparent media and is valid for perpendicular and parallel polarizations. The approach gives a particularly simple graphical characterization of the critical and Brewster angles. It also provides an interpretation of the relation between the reflection coefficients for both basic polarizations as a symmetry in the plane.
42.25.Gy Edge and boundary effects; reflection and refraction
Issue 3 (May 2002)
Received 31 January 2002
Published 27 March 2002
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